Limbach Group Biological Mass Spectrometry

A Member of the Rieveschl Laboratories for Mass Spectrometry

in the College of Arts & Sciences' Department of Chemistry

RAMM Software Update (v2) now available


RoboOligo Software now available


Learn more about the National Academies Consensus study on Sequencing the Epitranscriptome


Selected Recent Publications

Robert L. Ross, Ningxi Yu, Ruoxia Zhao, Andrew Wood and Patrick A. Limbach. “Automated Identification of Modified Nucleosides during HRAM-LC-MS/MS using a Metabolomics ID Workflow with Neutral Loss Detection” Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (2023) doi:10.1021/jasms.3c00298.


Manasses Jora, Daniel Corcoran, Gwenn G. Parungao, Peter A. Lobue, Luiz F. L. Oliveira, George Stan, Balasubrahmanyam Addepalli, and Patrick A. Limbach “Higher-Energy Collisional Dissociation Mass Spectral Networks for the Rapid, Semi-automated Characterization of Known and Unknown Ribonucleoside Modifications” Analytical Chemistry (2022) 94(40):13958-13967. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c03172. PMID: 36174068.


"Chemical Amination/Imination of Carbonothiolated Nucleosides During RNA Hydrolysis” Jora M, Borland K, Abernathy S, Zhao R, Kelley M, Kellner S, Addepalli B, Limbach PA. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. (2021) 60 3961-3966. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202010793. PMID: 33125801


“Oligonucleotide Analysis by Hydrophilic Interaction Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry in the Absence of Ion-Pair Reagents” P.A. Lobue, M. Jora, B. Addepalli, P.A. Limbach,  Journal of Chromatography A (2019) DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2019.02.016. PMID: 30772056.    


“Transfer RNA Modification Profiles and Codon Decoding Strategies in Methanocaldococcus jannaschii” N. Yu, M. Jora, B. Solivio, P. Thakur, C.G. Acevedo-Rocha, L. Randau, V. de Crécy-Lagard, B. Addepalli, P.A. Limbach,  Journal of Bacteriology (2019) 201 e00690-18. DOI: 10.1128/JB.00690-18 PMID: 30745370.


“RNAModMapper: RNA modification mapping software for analysis of mass spectrometry data”, N Yu, C Wetzel, X Cao, PA Limbach, Analytical Chemistry (2017) doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b01780 PMID: 28942636


June 2 - 6, 2024

Future ASMS conference in Anaheim, CA


Upcoming Events

Meet the Group

Dr. Patrick A. Limbach

Vice President for Research

Professor of Chemistry

Ohio Eminent Scholar

Office of Research Webpage

Department of Chemistry Webpage (with vita)

Current Group Members

Ellen Tabeling - Lab Manager

Dr. Jennifer Kist - Postdoctoral Research Associate

Scott Abernathy - Graduate Student

Cassandra Hebert - Graduate Student

Tulsi Bhandari - Graduate Student

Asif Rayhan - Graduate Student

Satenick Valesyan - Graduate Student

Mohammad Hassan - Graduate Student

Aastha Gyawali - Graduate Student

Bibek Hamal - Graduate Student